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Here are the Confederate memorials that will be removed after Charlottesville
CNN ^ | 8/19/17 | Jessica Suerth

Posted on 08/17/2017 9:07:32 AM PDT by Timpanagos1

(CNN)More than 150 years after the Civil War ended, the Confederacy is memorialized with statues, monuments and historical markers across the United States.

Some say they mark history and honor heritage. Others argue they are racist symbols of America's dark legacy of slavery. A nationwide debate surrounding this issue has been underway since Dylann Roof killed nine African-Americans in a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015 in an effort to "start a race war." And it flared up again after white nationalists marched last weekend to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counterprotester was killed amid violent clashes between demonstrators.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: agitator; charlottesville; dixie; liberalfascism; liberaltroll; purge; zotbait
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To: Junk Silver

“The only possible purpose of rubbing that defeat in the losing side’s face 152 years later....”

The losing side of the Civil War no longer exists as there is not a single person alive that took sides in the Civil War.


21 posted on 08/17/2017 9:40:25 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Junk Silver
"One side won, and one side lost."

And all of the Soldiers from the losing side were granted American Veteran status in 1958 ...

"U.S. Public Law 85-425: Sec. 410 Approved 23 May 1958

(US Statutes at Large Volume 72, Part 1, Page 133-134)

The Administrator shall pay to each person who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War a monthly pension in the same amounts and subject to the same conditions as would have been applicable to such person under the laws in effect on December 31, 1957, if his service in such forces had been service in the military or naval forces of the United States."

Additionally, this from President McKinley, himself a Union Army veteran, in 1898 ...

“…every soldier’s grave made during our unfortunate civil war [sic] is a tribute to American valor… And the time has now come… when in the spirit of fraternity we should share in the care of the graves of the Confederate soldiers…The cordial feeling now happily existing between the North and South prompts this gracious act and if it needed further justification it is found in the gallant loyalty to the Union and the flag so conspicuously shown in the year just passed by the sons and grandsons of those heroic dead.”

22 posted on 08/17/2017 9:47:23 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: LeonardFMason
It is because LEFTIST organization know that stunts like protesting and tearing them down are openings to call Trump a racist. They are like “click bait” to the Trump hating fake news a$$holes.

YUP!! Just like those here at FR who post articles just to stir $#!t up.

23 posted on 08/17/2017 9:47:26 AM PDT by Roccus (I am a white, hetero, male Trump voter. Therefore I am a misogynistic, racist, xenophobic Nazi. /s)
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To: Timpanagos1

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/15/report-splc-charlottesville-racist-former-occupy-activist-obama-supporter-jason-kessler/

http://wsau.com/blogs/ben-armstrong-blog/20344/update-to-the-jason-kessler-story-liberal-who-organized-unite-the-right-white-supremacist-rally/

IF you read I asked “Does”, Jason Kessler work for CNN.


24 posted on 08/17/2017 9:47:38 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: Timpanagos1

25 posted on 08/17/2017 9:51:56 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Just mythoughts
So you are going to go with rumors proposed by the SPLC?

"The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reports that Jason Kessler, the organizer of last Saturday’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is rumored to be a former Occupy Wall Street activist and supporter of Barack Obama."

26 posted on 08/17/2017 9:54:17 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: LegendHasIt

Well played, FRiend.


27 posted on 08/17/2017 9:55:49 AM PDT by Roccus (I am a white, hetero, male Trump voter. Therefore I am a misogynistic, racist, xenophobic Nazi. /s)
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To: Timpanagos1

“The losing side of the Civil War no longer exists as there is not a single person alive that took sides in the Civil War.”

Oh my, I didn’t realize that. Obviously my point is moot. /s


28 posted on 08/17/2017 9:59:57 AM PDT by Junk Silver ("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
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To: lodi90
I predict this will backfire on CNN et al.

NOT because there are millions of Confederate sympathizers in America, but because there are millions of Americans who now more clearly see the threat from the Left ... to utterly destroy the foundations of the United States of America.

There is a danger in indulging in triumphalism too soon.

29 posted on 08/17/2017 10:02:50 AM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: Timpanagos1
Why wouldn't the SPLC get involved? That is what they do. The fact that Kessler did not get ‘white supremacy’ until last November, after Trump won, says volumes about his intent. The guy is a professional protester and somebody is bankrolling his latest gig...

I sure would like to know who ordered all those ‘new’ Nazi flags planted throughout Kessler’s protest. I think it is strange, and remarkable that the mass media, has neglected to inform US about who Jason Kessler really is... A new comer, since last November to being a ‘white supremacists’. I am not going to pollute my computer, to search where one buys a Nazi flag.

Somebody attempted to necklace around Trump and his supporters as being, KKK, Nazis, and white supremacist. It sure did not come from Trump or any of his supporters. This bunch did not, nor do they give a damn if ‘history’ is destroyed. Have any of this bunch sought to tear down the Stalin monument?

When the AP tracked down the driver's mom, she thought her son was going to a ‘Trump’ rally... Wonder where she got that idea?

30 posted on 08/17/2017 10:11:46 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: NKP_Vet
The president tweeted out this morning.
Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson - who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also the beauty that’s being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced.”
It’s so refreshing to see a man with common sense as president. We are not ISIS and we’re not the old Soviet Union. We don’t smash and tear down symbols of our history, good or bad. To hell with his haters, which is the liberal media and the worthless republicans that hate him. The people elected Donald J. Trump. A man of the people, who does not cower down to the politically-correct elites. He speaks common sense and that’s why if the election were held today he would win again. Amen.

Well said, and an excellent Tweet by Trump too.

My intuition is that the MSM (incl Fox) are all wrong again. Trump's defense of free speech and of our nation's historic symbols –even those that remind us of terrible events of our past– will not diminish support for Trump from the public. It will only solidify it. I know for sure that that is its effect on me.

31 posted on 08/17/2017 10:15:48 AM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: Timpanagos1

The dead were Americans.


32 posted on 08/17/2017 10:16:56 AM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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To: Timpanagos1

Jubilation T Cornpone


33 posted on 08/17/2017 10:25:33 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: Timpanagos1

I checked the State lists and noticed Kentucky didn’t mention the Jefferson Davis Monument. It has been vandalized recently, but I would think a 351 foot tall obelisk would make a great warm up for the communist to tear down the similar Washington monument.


34 posted on 08/17/2017 10:28:58 AM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: LeonardFMason

Exactly right.

An event was generated. A new slogan suddenly appeared everywhere: “white nationalist”. The previous phrase was “white supremacist”. The flood of the new slogan is the tell that we are being propagandized. Now “nationalist” has been spuriously linked to racism. Nationalism is the target, and by extension Trump. Witness the attacks on Trump. Despite repeatedly condemning “hate bigotry and violence” Trump is attacked.


35 posted on 08/17/2017 10:38:27 AM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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To: NKP_Vet

36 posted on 08/17/2017 10:39:15 AM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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To: LegendHasIt

That’s excellent.


37 posted on 08/17/2017 10:40:26 AM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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To: Just mythoughts

“The fact that Kessler did not get ‘white supremacy’ until last November, after Trump won, says volumes about his intent.”

How do we know that?


38 posted on 08/17/2017 10:41:23 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1
Unfortunately, I do not presently have the time to locate the ‘interview’ Jason gave to describe his new venture... I do not remember who he spoke with, but, when I have the time, I will see IF I can locate it.

Since when is CNN a reliable source? Given how much was made public knowledge about the car driver in warp-speed, it is more than a bit strange that CNN has done no such thing about this Jason Kessler.

39 posted on 08/17/2017 10:47:55 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: Ray76

I stole the last frame from another FReeper and the other images from duckduckgo searech, so can’t take full credit.


40 posted on 08/17/2017 10:53:21 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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